Richard Wincer trained at Goldsmiths College, London. During the 1970’s and 1980’s he worked primarily as a sculptor, producing large site-specific pieces and installations, incorporating many media.

Richard has shown his work in London - including the Hayward and Serpentine galleries - and most recently in the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy.

Since moving to Yorkshire in 1991, he has returned to painting and printmaking. The consistent factor in all of his work is the imagery of rural landscape. He draws on memories of a childhood spent in Worcestershire and on feelings and thoughts evoked from a particular place or piece of landscape.

The woodcuts are carved from large panels, made from pine. As a sculptor, he has always had a particular affinity with wood. The process of carving into the wooden block to produce a two-dimensional image has been very rewarding. Seen together the woodcuts create a narrative, often incorporating family members and their interaction with the landscape. The prints are emotive and sensitive expressions of his feelings towards his family, friends, and the English countryside.

An exciting new development has been the painting of images onto plywood panels, usng a thin wash of acrylic. The paintings relate to how he sees himself as an artist in society and his working process and aspirations. There is a sense of isolation about many of them, and a feeling of participating in a balancing act, making them appear uneasy and vulnurable. The attempt to juggle with the material and spiritual world and acheive balance is their struggle. Despite their obvious anxiety there is a sense of well being and contentment in inhabiting this ethereal world.